Since Miki's sleds are here and there, I don't know which one is proper. I post this article here. If any problem, tell me. It says Miki registered with Kanagawa prefectural federation and belongs to Shinyokohama Prince Club.

It is revealed on 2nd July that former World champion figure skater Miki Ando (at the age of 25), who gave birth to her baby in this April, makes a come back in this Olympic season and she belongs to Shinyokohama Prince Club. Since she changed her prefectural federations from Aichi to Kanagawa, she will participate in Kanto Championships(regionals) in October to get the qualification for the Japanese Nationals (from 21st to 23rd December at Saitama Super Arena) which is the final qualifying meet for the Sochi Olympics.

Ando left Toyota company on 1st January and has been a free lance. Ando is now training at Shinyokohama Skate Center and others. Since she is out of the certified athletes of JSF, she should go through Kanto Championships(regionals) and East Japan Championships(sectionals) to make Sochi Olympic team.

This is an article in "Kyodo News" in Japan.
Translating to English from Japanese.

Ando etc. participated to "Prince Ice World". Kozuka showed a new SP for the first time.
July 12th, 2013.

In July 12th, Miki Ando (25, Shinyokohama Prince Club) who aims at Sochi Olympics after the childbirth of a girl in April participated to "Prince Ice World" which greeted the first day of the public performance in Dydo Arena in Tokyo and succeeded in the triple jump in the program which skated to the hymnal "Amazing Grace.

Takahiko Kozuka (Toyota Motor) showed the short program which is the program for the Olympic season and was choreographed by Shae-Lynn Bourne for the first time. Using the juzz music, he jumped the quad and the triple Axel. Kanako Murakami (Chukyo University) and Risa Shoji (Tokyo Komabagakuen High School) participated, too.

Refernce:
Ando from now on.
After this public performance, she plans to go to US for choreographing the free skating. For getting the qualification to participate to Japan Nationals which is the selection meeting for the Sochi Olympics representative, she is necessary to overcome in Kanto Championship (October 11th-14th, Kawagoe Sports Center) which is the preliminary competition in the block and Higashi Nihon Championship (November 1st-4th, Gunma General Sports Center) which is the preliminary competition in the area.
JSF plans to send an inspector to the block competition and decide whether returning Ando to the certified athlete.
In the case of having been able to come back to the certified athlete of JSF, she participates to the international competition and must clear the minimum technical score which was specified as the qualification for participating to the Olympics, by the time of the participation to Japan Nationals.

Johnny will design Yuzuru's costume (not clear if it is for SP or FS).

Fresh news that I can impart is that I was asked by Yuzuru Hanyu to design his Olympic costume and I couldn&#8217;t be more honored. I am already sketching and coming up with ideas to make him stand out more than he already does and I can&#8217;t wait to actually see my design prospering in major competition!

can someone give some key points? google translate is hard to follow. but i think her coach situation and music choices are discussed. would be great. thanks

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Here is the gist of the press-conference (I hope that Japanese speakers can help with translation):

She says that she's got SP and LP choreographed, SP by N. Bestemyanova/I. Bobrin, LP by Lea Ann Miller. Says SP was choreographed last year and now it was cleaned up. She is still in talks about her coaching situation. She is motivated to skate at the Olympics, wants a comeback to competitive skating, wants this season to be the best in her career. She asks the media to treat her like an athlete rather than a celebrity and to respect her privacy and to stop ambushing her at her house, at the ice rink, when she is shopping and running errands, not to take pictures of her daugther and not post them online, for the sake of her own safety. She says she is not planning to reveal who the father is. She promises updates on her daughter's life as long as they are left alone. Says her daugther motivates her to push herself to get into competitive shape for the Olympics.

Here is the gist of the press-conference (I hope that Japanese speakers can help with translation):

She says that she's got SP and LP choreographed, SP by N. Bestemyanova/I. Bobrin, LP by Lea Ann Miller. Says SP was choreographed last year and now it was cleaned up. She is still in talks about her coaching situation. She is motivated to skate at the Olympics, wants a comeback to competitive skating, wants this season to be the best in her career. She asks the media to treat her like an athlete rather than a celebrity and to respect her privacy and to stop ambushing her at her house, at the ice rink, when she is shopping and running errands, not to take pictures of her daugther and not post them online, for the sake of her own safety. She says she is not planning to reveal who the father is. She promises updates on her daughter's life as long as they are left alone. Says her daugther motivates her to push herself to get into competitive shape for the Olympics.

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thanks for the news. a short program was choreographed for last season by stephane lambiel to 'lawrence of arabia', shame we won't get to see this.
any top skaters have recently skated to one of those choreographers mentioned above?
i'm curious

no word on the music? somewhere was mentioned 'cleopatra', but i couldn't understand that part. hopefully no revival or new arranged cleo-lp. i liked it actually a lotbut hoping to see somethign else.